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This article reports on the announcement that UK energy bills are due to rise by more than £100 a year for a typical UK household as from April 2025. The article includes comments from Bob Ward who says that the rise in energy bills is due to the wholesale cost of natural gas and has nothing to do with climate policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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